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Is it morally right to put our dog to sleep?

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Is it morally right to put our dog to sleep? He has lymphoma and is really struggling.

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God gave man dominion over animals (see Gn 1:26), so it is not immoral to euthanize a dog in such condition. I’m sorry for the loss of your pet.

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"I offer no sacrifice save to the One true God."

~ Maximus, martyr, saint, about A.D. 250, in answer to the demand of the civil authorities for sacrifice to the pagan gods; a test in common use as belief in a single Godhead was known to be definitive in the early Christian community; thus any Christian might be called on to seal with his blood his faith in the One God. (See: The Blessed Trinity)